[Ndiswrapper-general] Can't set WEP on DWL-520+

[Richard F. <ri...@ho...>]

Hi everybody!

Sorry if this has come up before, I couldn't find any reference on
google/previous list postings.

This card uses the ACX111 chipset (native Linux driver doesn't work) so
I've used ndiswrapper instead. I'm using the DWL-650+ driver which works
fine normally (this post is coming over it in fact), but for some reason
I can't enable WEP of any kind.

bagpuss root # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"MYSSID"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472GHz  Access Point:
00:30:BD:FD:B2:89  
          Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Tx-Power:24 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:4096 B   Fragment thr:4096 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:98/100  Signal level:-55 dBm  Noise level:-256
dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:1133  Invalid misc:1329   Missed beacon:0
eth0      no wireless extensions.

But any attempt to set WEP seems to fail. It doesn't matter if the
interface is up or down.

bagpuss root #  iwconfig wlan0 key 1234567890
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.
bagpuss root #  iwconfig wlan0 key 1234-1234-5678-5678-1234-1234-99
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.
bagpuss root #  iwconfig wlan0 key s:MYKEY                         
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

I've tried using the open/enc/restricted options without sucess. I am
missing some thing obvious?!

Thanks,

Rich